The Cable industry are going back to the days when customers were required to rent descrambling converters for each television in order to watch extended basic and above tiers of service. Our regulatory corporate sock puppets are unlikely to protect their constituents. All companies offering Television entertainment including DBS service companies should be required to deliver their services in a manor compliant with the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992.
The Cable industry are going back to the days when customers were required to rent descrambling converters for each television in order to watch extended basic and above tiers of service. Our regulatory corporate sock puppets are unlikely to protect their constituents. All companies offering Television entertainment including DBS service companies should be required to deliver their services in a manor compliant with the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992.
With cable TV that's certainly possible.
But Satellite TV? Not possible. Satellite receivers are different from cable tuners. There were one or two sets with built in DirecTV tuners but those weren't all that popular. You'll still need equipment from the satellite company to view satellite TV for a long time to come.
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Check out this link and look at section 17 of the Act.
